Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the SpectatorAbbott, 1812 - 301 pages |
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Page 8
... Assembly of France had determined to go in morning for him.- What a glorious scene is opened there ! The annals of the world furnish no parallel to it . One of the honours of our departed friend is , that he has contributed much to it ...
... Assembly of France had determined to go in morning for him.- What a glorious scene is opened there ! The annals of the world furnish no parallel to it . One of the honours of our departed friend is , that he has contributed much to it ...
Page 30
... Assembly . My brother was taken into custody , censured , and ordered into confinement for a month , because , as I presume , he would not discover the au- thor . I was also taken up , and examined before the council ; but , though I ...
... Assembly . My brother was taken into custody , censured , and ordered into confinement for a month , because , as I presume , he would not discover the au- thor . I was also taken up , and examined before the council ; but , though I ...
Page 31
... assembly in the affair of my brother , that by remaining I should soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to appre- hend , as from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of religion , I begun to be ...
... assembly in the affair of my brother , that by remaining I should soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to appre- hend , as from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of religion , I begun to be ...
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... assembly dispersed , when one of the con gregation had the goodness to wake me . This was consequently the first house I entered , or in which I slept at Philadelphia . I began again to walk along the street by the river side ; and ...
... assembly dispersed , when one of the con gregation had the goodness to wake me . This was consequently the first house I entered , or in which I slept at Philadelphia . I began again to walk along the street by the river side ; and ...
Page 38
... assembly , and a very tolerable poet . Keimer also made verses , but they were indifferent ones . He could not be said to write in verse , for his method was to set the lines as they flowed from his muse ; and as he worked without copy ...
... assembly , and a very tolerable poet . Keimer also made verses , but they were indifferent ones . He could not be said to write in verse , for his method was to set the lines as they flowed from his muse ; and as he worked without copy ...
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